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 Is Stonehenge Misinterpreted?
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By Ken West
In Neolithic
Posted November 30, 2018

Is Stonehenge Misinterpreted?

I visited Stonehenge recently with friends. It was chill, misty and raining. Because it was torrential rain, we used the shuttle bus up to the stones and then followed the paths in a circular [...]

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 Pagan Lineage From the Neolithic
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By Ken West
In Pagan Belief
Posted November 27, 2018

Pagan Lineage From the Neolithic

Lineage is an unusual word that arose when a celeb claimed to be a descendant of King Charles 1. A radio item also featured the word in a programme purporting to be about ancestors. In truth, it [...]

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 Plastic Tat: A Present For Christmas 2018
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By Ken West
In Environment
Posted November 23, 2018

Plastic Tat: A Present For Christmas 2018

It’s a strange world. The news is full of plastic destroying the oceans whilst I am inundated with Christmas catalogues. If there seems no correlation between these two then turn the pages [...]

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 Spring Bedding In The British Garden
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By Ken West
In Gardening
Posted November 20, 2018

Spring Bedding In The British Garden

As a pensioner gardener, I assumed that most people know what bedding is, but I am clearly wrong. I noticed some wallflowers on sale in the centre of Christchurch. They were in bunches of ten, [...]

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 The Brent Geese Have Arrived In Christchurch Harbour
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By Ken West
In Birds
Posted November 17, 2018

The Brent Geese Have Arrived In Christchurch Harbour

The Brent Geese have arrived in Christchurch Harbour; a time for celebration. For me an icon of nature’s cycle and a beautiful bird: For My Pagan Ancestor Zuri, food! Brent geese are small, [...]

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 Women Show the Way on the Dorset Stickler
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By Ken West
In Social Life
Posted November 12, 2018

Women Show the Way on the Dorset Stickler

The 10 mile Dorset Stickler, with 1500′ of climbing, was run on the 28th October 2018. The weather gods dropped the temperature by degrees. As my wife Ann and I left Christchurch that [...]

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 Are Men Less Green?
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By Ken West
In Social Life
Posted November 9, 2018

Are Men Less Green?

It’s an odd finding; that men are far more inclined to buy plastic supermarket bags. Women, it appears, are not embarrassed to carry a reusable jute bag. Are men less green? I listened to [...]

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 The Last Swallows of Summer
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By Ken West
In Birds, Mudeford Quay
Posted November 6, 2018

The Last Swallows of Summer

I was walking along Avon Beach on the 15th October and there they were, five swallows. It was not swallow weather being slightly chill and overcast. They, of course, knew that and were preparing [...]

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 The First Neolithic Celebrity
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By Ken West
In Social Life
Posted November 2, 2018

The First Neolithic Celebrity

The BBC presenter said, ‘everybody is infatuated with Megan?’ Well, don’t count me as everybody and I wanted to shout out, ‘get a life’. Poor old Megan, surrounded [...]

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